jarraitu
Basque
Alternative forms
Etymology
From jarrai (“continuous”) + -tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟarai̯tu/ [ɟa.rai̯.t̪u]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ai̯tu, -u
- Hyphenation: ja‧rrai‧tu
Adjective
jarraitu (comparative jarraituago, superlative jarraituen, excessive jarraituegi)
- continuous
- Synonyms: etengabe, jarrai, jarraiki
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | jarraitu | jarraitua | jarraituak | |
| ergative | jarraituk | jarraituak | jarraituek | |
| dative | jarraituri | jarraituari | jarraituei | |
| genitive | jarraituren | jarraituaren | jarraituen | |
| comitative | jarraiturekin | jarraituarekin | jarraituekin | |
| causative | jarraiturengatik | jarraituarengatik | jarraituengatik | |
| benefactive | jarraiturentzat | jarraituarentzat | jarraituentzat | |
| instrumental | jarraituz | jarraituaz | jarraituez | |
| inessive | anim | jarraiturengan | jarraituarengan | jarraituengan |
| inan | jarraitutan | jarraituan | jarraituetan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | jarraitutako | jarraituko | jarraituetako | |
| allative | anim | jarraiturengana | jarraituarengana | jarraituengana |
| inan | jarraitutara | jarraitura | jarraituetara | |
| terminative | anim | jarraiturenganaino | jarraituarenganaino | jarraituenganaino |
| inan | jarraitutaraino | jarraituraino | jarraituetaraino | |
| directive | anim | jarraiturenganantz | jarraituarenganantz | jarraituenganantz |
| inan | jarraitutarantz | jarraiturantz | jarraituetarantz | |
| destinative | anim | jarraiturenganako | jarraituarenganako | jarraituenganako |
| inan | jarraitutarako | jarraiturako | jarraituetarako | |
| ablative | anim | jarraiturengandik | jarraituarengandik | jarraituengandik |
| inan | jarraitutatik | jarraitutik | jarraituetatik | |
| partitive | jarraiturik | — | — | |
| prolative | jarraitutzat | — | — | |
Derived terms
- jarraituki (“continuously”)
- jarraitutasun (“continuity”)
Verb
jarraitu dio (imperfect participle jarraitzen, future participle jarraituko, short form jarrai, verbal noun jarraitze)
Usage notes
The form jarraiki is more common in eastern dialects. Due to the influence of Spanish, western dialects use transitive auxiliaries (with no direct object), eastern dialects continue to use intransitive auxiliaries. The synthetic forms are used in all dialects, but only intransitively, see jarraiki.
Further reading
- “jarraitu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “jarraitu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005